vignettes

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Any available vedettes have been vanquished by Brangelina and Kimye.

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2013

He found Goree, sent him off to Hood, telling him to send vedettes ahead to scout the ground.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

From the sides on which the shots were fired the vedettes were now seen running in.

From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Mitford, Bertram

To uncover these cards and unmask the forces for which they 261 stood was the duty of the cavalry vedettes, whose movements were governed by an elaborate and most vexatious set of rules.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The Tlascalan, therefore, with 10,000 warriors, marched secretly toward the Spanish camp, but owing to the bright moonlight they were not unseen by the vedettes.

From The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West by Anderson, Robert Edward